I thought I would share bits and pieces of my life. I am a lifelong Christian. I have been married for over 39 years to Stan. No children. We have 1 Miniature Pinscher named MoneyPenny and 3 Italian Greyhounds named Persephone, Dresden and Capodimonte and a calico cat named Binky. We have 9 nieces/nephews and 7 grandnieces/nephews whom we love. My hobbies are genealogy, reading, digital scrapbooking, history, dogs, homemaking.

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Thursday, December 04, 2008

At Seventeen

I learned the truth at seventeenThat love was meant for beauty queensAnd high school girls with clear skinned smilesWho married young and then retired

The valentines I never knewThe Friday night charades of youthWere spent on one more beautifulAt seventeen I learned the truth

And those of us with ravaged facesLacking in the social gracesDesperately remained at homeInventing lovers on the phoneWho called to say come dance with meAnd murmured vague obscenitiesIt isn't all it seemsAt seventeen

A brown eyed girl in hand me downsWhose name I never could pronounceSaid, pity please the ones who serveThey only get what they deserve

The rich relationed hometown queenMarried into what she needsA guarantee of companyAnd haven for the elderly

Remember those who win the gameLose the love they sought to gainIndentures of qualityAnd dubious integrityTheir small town eyes will gape at youIn dull surprise when payment dueExceeds accounts receivedAt seventeen

To those of us who know the painOf valentines that never cameAnd those whose names were never calledWhen choosing sides for basketball

It was long ago and far awayThe world was younger than todayAnd dreams were all they gave for freeTo ugly duckling girls like me

We all play the game and when we dareTo cheat ourselves at solitaireInventing lovers on the phoneRepenting other lives unknownThat call and say, come dance with meAnd murmur vague obscenitiesAt ugly girls like meAt seventeen